eid el kabir is characterised by sacrifice and total compliance with the wishes of the Almighty,the substitution of prophety ismail when God asked his father to sacrifice him with a ram signifies the mercy of the almighty.
Our country today can be said to be at the mercy if God and corrupt and uninspirirng leadership.how do you describe a country which in less than six months is expected to usher in a new government but uptill now no tentative date has been fixed for the election.the political parties are in total disarray with even the so called ruling party is hunted by the zoning debacle and alignment and realignment of political interest in the build up to the general election(which as earlier mentioned that no date has been fixed).the opposition are also not supplying the needed alternative because uptill now they are talking about mergers which is always the characteristic of the opposition politician in nigeria,as electionss approach they form hasty alliances which usually crumble even before the alliance take off.
The honourables and the distinguished members of the legislature are busy trying to ammend the constitution through a clause that gives them automatic membership of their parties national working commitee NWC, i thought this is a party issue which has no place in our constitution which has bestowed powers of regulation of political party affairs on INEC and the parties themselves.the legislators should abandon their selfish deposition in handling national issues and rather live up to their bloated earnings andd concentrate on amending only areas of the constitution that will ensure that we have hitch free elections.
The court of appeal recently ordered for the governor of delta state emmanuel uduaghan to vacate his sit and a new election to be conducted within ninety days.we are watching to see how it plays out because already a group of prominent sons of niger delta led by edwin clark have called on the EFCC to arrest uduaghan and stop him from contesting ,yet others feel uduaghans problem is tied to his percieved loyalty to ibori the former governor whom is presently fighting his extradition to UK where an ongoing trial of money laundering and forgery have been instituted against him,a lower court had earlier ruled in favour of his extradition from dubai.uduaghans recent pilgrimage to aso rock and president jonathan s utterances has shown that fences have been mended and uduaghan has been promised his seat in return for his loyalty and support for the presidents reelection.
MEND which has been silent since the independence day bombings have issued statements of claim of responsibility of recent attacks on oil facilities which has led to the kidnap of nine expatrates,MEND claims that the attacks wre retaliations to the recent offencive by the joint task force JTF aimed at flushing out the militanats who claim that the amnesty programme is only helping the greed of a few former commanders who are presently on the govrnments payroll.
In the south west the recent court verdict in Ekiti has reaffirmed that the elections of 2007 was a sham.segun oni was asked to vacate the government house to dr kayode fayemi who was declared winner by the appelate court after 3 and half years of legal fireworks,the verdict has restrenghtened the action congress Ac in the zone and this has lead to the PDP panicking especially in ogun and oyo where crisis have been allowed to reach levels where the peace and security of lives and properties have been threatened.the visit of the president to ogun last week further aggravated the situation in which the presidents southwest coordinator otumba gbenga daniel and his supporters are fighting the obasanjo faction.A recent discovery of thirteen containers loadeed with ammunitions have further highlighted the security collapse in the country.in the north thequest for a concensus candidate and the boko haram crises are presently the hottest issues which are posing challenges for the unity of the region.now u know why Nigeria can only be delivered by Gods grace if not the prediction that nigeria will disintegrate by 2015 might afterall be a reality so help us Lord.


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